By Arthur Kavanaugh


Guys, what's your opinion on men's multi-vitamin supplements? Good, bad or useless? Many males are examining their daily habit of supplementing with a men's multivitamin due to the study that appeared in "Journal of the North American Medical Association".

Called "Physicians' Health Study II", male individuals were given either a multivitamin or placebo and monitored from 1997-2011. Investigators found that guys that received multi-vitamins were as susceptible to heart issues as the group who took placebos.

The object of the trial study was to gather data on whether or not a men's multivitamin decreased the danger of "site-specific cancer incidence or mortality". The doctors who took part in the study 1) ate nutritious diets 2) body mass indexes were low 3) exercised frequently 4) took baby aspirin daily.

Or, as Duffy MacKay VP Scientific and Regulatory Affairs, Council for Responsible Nutrition summed it up, "The undeniable fact that the participants were already engaging in these healthy behaviours would have made it extra difficult for a multi-vitamin to meaningfully contribute toward reducing any significant danger of coronary disease. "

However , the researchers reported an 8% reduced risk on all cancer types for study participants who took a men's multi-vitamin. The study centered solely on linking men's multivitamins with reducing risks of cancer. Though observations show vitamins do not "meaningfully" make a contribution to reducing chances of coronary disease, it didn't address the crucial reason for supplementing with multiple vitamins.

Fundamentally, vitamins take up the slack caused by dietary deficiencies. Were you aware that a lack in one vitamin can endanger your total body?

It is possible you eat the "right" foods as an element of a well-balanced diet. If that is so it's possible you get all the vitamins you require. Maybe but not probable, as the majority of people eat out frequently, eat manufactured foods and snack on junk foods. Very few people have the time or motivation to observe every morsel they eat!

How about Enriched Foods?

Do you know what enrichment of foods truly means? It suggests nutrients are put back into the foods that were removed through processing! However not especially well. Take white flour for instance. Of 22 natural nutrients that were removed due to heat, storage, for example. "enrichment" replaces them with vitamin D, three of the B vitamins, calcium and iron salts. You do the sums!

Any Recommendations for the Best Multivitamins for Men?

To avoid vitamin toxicity, do not supplement with over 100% of daily suggested requirements of any single vitamin. Your multi should not contain iron. Men only require about 8 mg iron and generally get enough from consuming meat.

If you're employed in an office, you may not get enough sunlight; make certain you get 1,000 IU vitamin D each day. For a healthy heart, men need 400 mcg (micrograms) of folate daily. For brain health, the recommended amount of B12 is 2.4 mcg. For vision and to support your immune system, 3,000 IU of Vitamin A is advised. Men need 90 mg of the antioxidant , Vitamin C daily.

These are bare bones of contents in the best multivitamins for men. The final word is: regardless of studies, most males will find advantages in a men's multivitamin.




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